R Balki’s latest film Ghoomer kind of works on an emotional level because of the basic theme of not giving up and showing resilience. Regarding craft and writing, the movie is very much in a familiar space, and if you are someone like me who is a massive fan of Nagesh Kukunoor’s Iqbal, Ghoomer would… Continue reading Ghoomer Review | Performances Make Balki’s Over-The-Top Iqbal a Pleasing Watch
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Unpaused
The new Amazon Prime anthology movie Unpaused is a nice mixture of treatments. None of them are sharing a theme. The backdrop of COVID 19 is the common link here, and we get to see a wacky concept, human relationship stories, and some political stories among these five films. Rather than being an escapist concept… Continue reading Unpaused
Breathe: Into The Shadows
The first season of Breathe, in my opinion, was a dud. It never felt like a series that got developed using the possibility of the series format. It was in a way constrained to just two tracks that had familiar or assumable trajectories. I am talking about the first season of Breathe in the review… Continue reading Breathe: Into The Shadows
Choked
The treatment of the movie Choked felt like it wants to shift the gears from third to fourth but never really got that clean stretch to make that shift. The new Anurag Kashyap movie will leave you wanting for more excitement in the tale. The build-up here is clever and it has multiple elements that… Continue reading Choked